prosperous age

"Zou Yinglong's memorandum, I'm afraid it's a muddy cow, and there's nothing there."

"That's right, I haven't heard of anyone going to court for impeachment."

"It's really weird. You said who asked him to impeach Mr. Xiaoge, and I haven't heard where he is from."

In a teahouse, several officials who hadn't changed their uniforms were discussing.

And similar scenes were staged everywhere in the capital, and without exception, they were all officials, large and small, in the capital.

At the time of Youshi, many officials were already preparing to move the battlefield, and began to discuss where to go for dinner and fun, whether to go to Yanle Hutong or Goulan Hutong.

For them, the place opened by Jiaosifang is the first choice. Most of the girls there are family members of prisoners, and their quality is relatively high.

"Go to Yanle Hutong and have a look. We'll talk about which one to enter later."

"Well, yes."

It was still the teahouse, and several officials had already got up and were about to leave.

"What's the matter? Fujian has suffered another defeat?"

"Hehe, well, seeing your seriousness, you have tricked me."

"I look like it."

Maybe he was kept in by His Majesty and ignored, or Tiqi hit the door to grab someone, and he was imprisoned.

"It's okay, I'll know when I see him tomorrow, hehe."

The news that Yan Shifan was captured by Jin Yiwei spread rapidly in the capital, and even after the office was dismissed, it still quickly reached the ears of officials who were having fun outside.

"It's gone, only the young master and Yan Nian were captured, and someone was also sent to capture Yan Dong."

After hearing Zhang Juzheng's words, King Yu said with regret.

Yan Song understood that Yan Xin was very reliable in his work, the reason why he just started and didn't continue, must be a bit taboo, after all, there are many people in the room.

"Master, it's Housekeeper Xin Er who is waiting outside the door."

Living in mourning?

"Should not."

"It's a pity that the father and son of the Yan family have done a lot of evil and disturbed Chao Gang, but they won't be punished for it. It's really a pity."

The content of the impeachment is varied, many of which are old accounts, especially the corruption of ink, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that although the crimes stated in these memorials are not all true, they are greatly exaggerated or even fabricated.

Yan Shifanyi was imprisoned yesterday, King Yu didn't want his father to change his mind after seeing these random memorials.

The official smiled, but then the smile on his face faded, and he said to his friend: "You don't know yet, something serious happened."

Knowing that there were indeed Jinyi Guards patrolling the street outside the window, several people walked quickly to the window to look out. Sure enough, there were several school captains walking on the street, watching the surrounding crowd vigilantly.

He was so offended that he still didn't think of a way to get back the place.

He didn't know what was going to greet him when he went up to this memorial.

Let someone grind the ink, and Yan Song took a pen to write down a memorabilia of pleading guilty and a memorabilia of requesting to be an official.

As for whether he would be retaliated against and transferred to the wilderness of the border, he was not worried, because the boss of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was Pan En, who was not someone the Yan family could influence, Xu Jie had given him a guarantee.

After giving an order, several people in the room should be there soon, and then all of them left the room.

Zhang Juzheng got up at this time, cupped his hands to King Yu and said, "Your Highness, these ministers who are presenting are not familiar to me, so it should be as Shandai said."

When Yan Song heard "something big happened", he opened his eyes and looked at him.

"Yes sir."

Yan Song wasn't worried that Yan Shifan would suffer in the imperial prison, after all, he was still the chief assistant of the court, and Jin Yiwei's people would not be so blind.

Wei Guangde did not expect that the reason for Yan Shifan's downfall was so simple.

Yan replied with a hard face, but he was also thankful in his heart that he didn't participate in many things before, but just helped the young master manage a few shops.

Xu Jie refused them to contact the ministers of the DPRK and China to impeach them. Logically speaking, they would not mobilize too many people to participate in it. Otherwise, Han Xin should send as many troops as possible, and he would not refuse Yu Wangfu to help contact.

And from today onwards, he doesn't plan to go on duty for the next few days, so he just stays at home and waits for the result.

In fact, after hearing that Yan Shifan was taken down last night, many people were a little tempted to follow suit and impeach. Many officials even carried a few memorials with them, planning to adapt to the situation and see which memorial was appropriate.

Yan Xin asked anxiously.

Zhang Juzheng also echoed at this time.

"Hey, are you leaving now?"

It's strange to say that Jin Yiwei is so powerful, don't they know what happened in Nanjing?

The real torture started after being locked up for a period of time. If there is no sign of being released, that is the real prisoner. His external relationship is not good, and if he can't get anyone out, the jailer will naturally not give face. He will find various reasons to ask for bribes if he wants to live more comfortably in the prison.

Yan Song was surprised.

Zou Yinglong is really not worried about being retaliated against by his immediate boss.

"You go down first."

Wei Guangde is still flipping through those memorials at the moment, but there is a smile on the corner of his mouth.

King Yu couldn't bear it anymore, Wei Guangde said yesterday that what he was most afraid of was such a scene, everyone flocked to the court and impeached indiscriminately, the current situation is the worst situation.

Today Wei Guangde also came late, he was the latest among several officials of the palace.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde suddenly thought of his father-in-law who raised his concubine as his wife. If Emperor Jiajing knew about it, would he deal with it seriously?

Everyone in the cabinet should have seen the memorial. When Yan Song walked in, he had already had a premonition from their strange eyes.

Serve as official.

"What did I lie to you, I really heard what they said."

"Why hasn't brother Nie come yet?"

When Yan Song spoke, he was no longer as lazy as before, but quickly got up and sat up straight.

"Your Highness, these should be the arrangements made by Yan Donglou after reading Zou Yinglong's performance yesterday."

"Where are you talking about? I mean the capital. When I came out first, I heard the big Han general guarding the palace gate saying that His Majesty ordered the arrest of the elder Xiaoge."

Yan Xin continued.

Yan Song still leaned on the recliner and asked, "What happened?"

Several people had already walked to the door, and were about to open it to go out, when there was a "squeak", the door had been pushed open from the outside, and an official in green robes had appeared in front of the door.

In the beginning, Yan Nian wanted to beat the group of Jinyiwei as the chief housekeeper of the Yan Mansion, but he didn't expect to be whipped with a knife handle, and then dragged by his hair. It is said that all the feces and urine were beaten out.

"No way, didn't you say that you had beaten the rebels back a few days ago? Now the rebels can only roam around the borders of Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangdong provinces."

That's why he went up for impeachment.

"what?"

Yan Song came to the cabinet very early, not because he didn't care about his son's life or death, but because he needed to know the reason for arresting his son and how His Majesty approved the memorial.

"What?"

"Hey, it took a while to send a message to Guangdong and Jiangxi."

However, several people quickly thought of the news just now, turned around to look at Brother Nie behind him, and said, "So, Yan Shifan was really arrested by His Majesty?"

Yan Xin said.

In fact, all ministers who go to prison will receive preferential treatment at first. After all, no one knows whether they will go out soon.

"Shan Loan, why are you laughing?"

"Master, something serious happened."

In fact, after Yan Song's [-]th birthday, he was ready at any time, but he didn't expect to see this will after his son was imprisoned.

Yan Xin said in a low voice with a cry.

Not long after Wei Guangde arrived home, he also heard the news, but it was someone from Prince Yu's Mansion who sent someone to deliver the news.

At this time Yan Song had already returned to the mansion, but just as he lay down to rest, there were footsteps outside the door.

Yan Xin just stood in front of Yan Song, standing well-behaved, and shut up after saying a word.

The news from the official surnamed Nie surprised several officials.

While speaking, a person had already walked to the window, gently opened the window and looked out, and quickly said: "It's true, there are quite a lot of people in Jinyiwei."

"You mean, these impeachment memorials were not arranged by Elder Xu Ge?"

"Really?"

As a large number of manuscripts were sent, Yu Wang lost interest after reading a few copies, and looked at Wei Guangde.

A serious official looked at the official surnamed Nie and suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Nie, this joke is not funny at all, hehe, I get it, you are teasing us, haha"

"Who's impeaching?"

When the sun rose on the second day, Wei Guangde went directly to Prince Yu's Mansion. If he wanted to get news from the court, the Palace of Yu Palace was naturally the fastest.

"Well, will it be bad if they do this?"

King Yu attached great importance to Xiyuan's order yesterday, so he entered the courtyard of the Shutang early in the morning, and waited for the news with Yin Shizhen and others, wanting to see how Yan Song arranged a counterattack.

The maid who was beating Yan Song's legs said in a low voice.

Hope his arrangement works.

Wei Guangde just smiled and looked at Zhang Juzheng.

"Brother Nie, why did you come? We thought you wouldn't come today."

King Yu had already thought of this section before, and looking at the people who played, most of them were extremely low-level officials, but they didn't have much weight at all.

"Master, the Eldest Young Master was captured by Jin Yiwei, won't you go to the palace to see His Majesty and ask for mercy?"

"Mr. Xu Ge? I don't know, but Mr. Xu Ge will not let people make up impeachment memorials like this."

"The butler was also taken away. It is said that there is still a team of Tiqi who have left Beijing and headed south, saying they are going to take Yandong."

"Well, it's been more than a month, and I don't know if there is any new news in Fujian."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. If His Majesty has the heart, no matter how much I ask, it will be useless."

When Yan Shifan saw the impeachment memorial in the morning, he wrote a lot of notes and handed them out. He saw it, but didn't say anything.

"come in."

From this point of view, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty really acquiesced in his officials being greedy for ink, but he attached great importance to violating the laws of heaven and ethics.

Soon, Yan Xin hurried into the room.

Yan Song said something casually.

Yan Song just murmured, "If you have time, arrange for someone to clean up the things at home."

"Maybe there is something urgent in the military department. Didn't he say last month that the military department gave Guangdong Liu Xian an order to play it by ear, asking them to look for opportunities to wipe out the Fujian rebels."

However, while they were still waiting and hesitating, there was news from the Minister of General Affairs that a large number of memorials to impeach Yan Song and his son for embezzling power and money had been handed in.

After submitting the impeachment memorial, Zou Yinglong took a leave of absence from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and returned home directly.

The official surnamed Nie said with a look of resentment: "After I came out, I saw a lot of Jin Yiwei patrolling the street on the street. The gang has already paid off."

Now, he is still the Chief Assistant of the Ming Dynasty. Yan Shifan has been arrested and sent to prison. I don't know what's going on now. I have to meet Emperor Jiajing first, plead guilty and intercede. I hope His Majesty will forgive me after serving for many years. Yan Shifan.

Soon, he saw Emperor Jiajing's memorial to the emperor.

There are few appearances, so naturally it does not attract attention.

"Hehe, if you're defeated, you can just send troops to suppress it. As long as you don't hit Nanjing City, it won't be a big deal."

Hearing the official's joke, several other people laughed, and they were no longer astonished as before.

"Yan Nian was also arrested?"

Yan Song was no longer surprised in an instant, and sat upright and leaned softly on the recliner, "During this time, you are the master of the house."

He didn't know what he would be like if he was suddenly taken away by Jin Yiwei.

Yan Song was already prepared in his heart, and he didn't find it difficult to accept.

It turned out that the one who pushed the door was Brother Nie, who was in the military department.

Therefore, during this period of time, Yan Shifan should have a good life in the imperial prison, at least he will not suffer.

"When it comes to His Majesty's face, there will be no heavy punishments, and it will be more targeted at Yan Shifan and those servants of the Yan Mansion."

"Master, the young master was taken away by Jin Yiwei, what do you think we should do now?"

Doesn't the emperor know what happened in Wei Guogong's mansion?
Wei Guangde was not sure, so he could only think about it casually.

"Yes, I also thought about it for a long time last night, and felt that His Majesty should have made up his mind to let Yan Song leave the court, but the punishment for Yan Donglou and others may not be very severe, or even just a symbolic punishment."

Wei Guangde's words attracted the attention of Yin Shizhen, Zhang Juzheng and others, and they had already put down the manuscripts in their hands and looked over.

At this moment, the news that Emperor Jiajing had made Yan Song an official had also spread to the cabinet. The first to hear the news was naturally the Sixth Division, followed by the yamen outside the palace.

Yan Song just frowned and asked again.

Before he came, he had heard people say how miserable Yan Nian was when he was taken away outside the mansion.

It is normal for Jin Yiwei to patrol the streets in the morning, but it is not common at this time. At this time, everyone is looking for a place to eat and drink. Who will come out, that is, Qiu Ba of the Bingma Division will come out to patrol bitterly.

"Who else?"

Wei Guangde said decisively at this time, "If His Majesty is still hesitating about this matter, he would not have made a red flag that day and ordered the Jin Yiwei to take someone."

"I said."

"Jinyiwei takes people, hehe. It seems that we are going back to our hometown in Jiangxi."

"real or fake?"

Wei Guangde shook his head lightly.

King Yu's mentality is very bad. He has told King Yu long ago that the punishment or not depends not on the official's guilt, but on the impact on the court.

As long as it is not the kind of treacherous officials who are angry and resentful, and treason who shakes the country, they will not be severely punished.

As for Xia Yan being killed back then, in fact, it was more because Emperor Jiajing was in a daze at that time.

At this moment, a small servant from outside came in to report: "Your Highness, my lords, I just received the news that Mr. Yan Ge went to Xiyuan."